Cover image for CHOICE : true stories of birth, contraception, infertility, adoption, single parenthood, & abortion / edited by Karen E. Bender and Nina de Gramont.
Title:
CHOICE : true stories of birth, contraception, infertility, adoption, single parenthood, & abortion / edited by Karen E. Bender and Nina de Gramont.
ISBN:
9781596920620

9781596920637
Publication Information:
San Francisco, CA : MacAdam/Cage, 2007.
Physical Description:
349 pages ; 23 cm
Contents:
Introduction / Karen E. Bender, and Nina de Gramont -- The ballad of Bobbie Jo / Jacquelyn Mitchard -- It could happen to you / Sandy Hingston -- If / Susan Ito -- Bearing sorrow : a birthmother's reflections on choice / Janet Mason Ellerby -- Thirty-four years old today / Pam Houston -- Personal belongings / Kimi Faxon Hemingway -- Termination / Deborah McDowell -- Conceiving is not always the same as having an idea / Catherine Newman -- Harrison : battling for the chance to make a choice / Harriette E. Wimms -- Mother's Day in the year of the rooster / Ann Hood -- Donation / Ashley Talley -- Summer, 1959 / Carolyn Ferrell -- A normal woman / Kate Majoy -- The decision / Katie Allison Granju -- No stone unturned / K.A.C. -- The stories we tell / Katherine Towler -- A complicated privilege / Elizabeth Larsen -- Woman of heart and mind / Denise Gess -- Matters of the heart : to be a dragon slayer / Velina Hasu Houston -- Trees in the desert / Sarah Messer -- Portrait of a mother / Stephanie Andersen -- Water children / Nina de Gramont -- Accidents : a family history of choice / Karen E. Bender -- The raw edges of human existence : the language of Roe v. Wade / Francine Prose.
Summary:
What is it like to make any sort of reproductive choice? What is it truly like to use birth control, the morning after pill, use a sperm bank, have an abortion, adopt a child, give a child up for adoption, bring a pregnancy to term? In these 22 stunningly honest essays, writers describe their experiences making some of these decisions, as well as many others. Established writers such as Francine Prose, Jaquelyn Mitchard, Pam Houston, Carolyn Ferrell, Ann Hood, Deborah Macdowell, and Sarah Messer contribute essays, along with emerging writers such as Kimi Faxon Hemingway, Stephanie Anderson, and Ashley Talley.--From amazon.com.
Subject Term:
Women -- Literary collections

American literature -- Women authors

American literature 21st century
Added Author:
Bender, Karen E.

Gramont, Nina de
OCLC Number:
ocn124539039
Availability:
South St. Paul - Kaposia~1
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